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22 February 2019

Here's how it works: The Recent Releases chart brings together critical reaction to new albums from more than 50 sources worldwide. It's updated daily. Albums qualify with 5 reviews, and drop out after 6 weeks into the longer timespan charts.

9.0 |
PopMatters

Returning with an introspective take on their ecstatic psychedelic, worldbeat induced vision for experimental music, Gang Gang Dance reveal that there are levels to this band
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9.0105485

9.0 |
The Music

The sheer beauty and mystery of 'Kazuashita' makes it feel like a timeless classic
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8.5105551

8.5 |
The 405

An astonishing musical mosaic. Every track links together seamlessly and every texture is vibrant
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8.0105486

8.0 |
NME

The world's an ugly place, for sure, but New York art-pop innovators find beauty in nature on their triumphant sixth album
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8.0105488

8.0 |
music OMH

The tracks all flow into each other, giving the album the feel of a particularly eclectic DJ mix, and overall it proves to be a fascinating, varied, atmospheric release that was thoroughly worth the wait
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8.0105489

8.0 |
Exclaim

While it might be easy to think Gang Gang Dance sacrifice their wild spirit for pop hooks and accessibility on Kazuashita, that's rarely the case
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7.7 |
Pitchfork

7.4 |
Earbuddy

Gang Gang Dance return to a world where they're no longer as experimental and strange
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7.0105635

7.0 |
Clash

All in all, this is a good album. While it has some magnificent moments, it doesn't quite come together enough to make a for a completely stellar ride
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7.0105490

7.0 |
Uncut

Their strongest and most coherent records. Print edition only

6.7105534

6.7 |
A.V. Club

Kazuashita is impeccably made, but it could stand a little more chaos
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6.5105548

6.5 |
Spectrum Culture

Though Gang Gang Dance has always been better creators of documents than statements, Kazuashita leaves a sense of ambiguity as to what exactly the group aims to say or if it aspires to say anything at all
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6.0 |
The Guardian

6.0 |
DIY

5.0 |
Drowned In Sound

Where other returning champs have challenged themselves to become an even bigger spectacle when they step back into the ring, GGD has fallen back into safer galleries to showcase their work
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5.0105786

5.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes

Kazuashita wants what psychedelics want of human brains: transcendence. But its fleetingness masks any sort of completion
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